Central Coast Wine Services

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Central Coast Wine Services is a multi-winery processing and warehouse facility located in Santa Maria, CA.

Central Coast Wine Services
Location Santa Maria, USA
Appellation Santa Maria Valley
Formerly Central Coast Wine Warehouse
Founded 1988
first Vintage 1988
Key people Chris Brown (winemaker), Ron Gabel (General Manager), Steve Miller (Owner), Nicholas Miller (Owner)
Known for Lane Tanner, Hitching Post, Core, Red Car, Paul Lato, Herman Story, McPrice Meyers, Costa de Oro, Summerland, clos Pepe, Stephen Ross Cellars, J. Wilkes, Westerly, Kunin, Sans Permis
Varietals Pinot Noir, Syrah, Chardonnay, Merlot, Grenache
Website http://www.centralcoastwineservices.com
Tasting not open to public

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[edit] History

The Central Coast Wine Services was founded in 1988 by the Miller family[1] as a warehouse facility for wineries in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties to store their finished cases of bottled wine. Over the years the firm has expanded into a variety of wine making services including: custom crushing of grapes, custom winemaking, bottling, and bonded wine-making production space rental.[2]

[edit] Industry

The Central Coast Wine Services and its branch location, the Paso Robles Wine Services, are in a small peer group of wineries whose primary business is custom production for other wine labels, rather than producing wine for a label they own.[3] Other such facilities include: Napa Wine Company[4], Sonoma Wine Company[5], Courtside Cellars[6], and Golden State Vinters.

These types of facilities are an American twist on various wine cooperatives such as KWV and Saint-Victor-la-Coste. They differ in that they are privately owned by the customers of the facilities and each has their own label. They are similar in that they utilize the same equipment (crusher-destemmers, wine presses, and stainless steel cooperage) and are often associated with a particular region's enological development.

[edit] Facility

The Central Coast Wine Services is the home to 40 different labels. That represents approximately one third of the labels in Santa Barbara county.[7] Owing to the concentration of wineries in the facility, it has become a center for other wine industry service providers such as Vinquiry.[8]

[edit] Capacity of the Facility

  • Current Square footage of facility: 250,000
  • Stainless Steel Storage: 1,800,000 gallons
  • Case Good Storage: 485,000 cases
  • Bottling capacity: 3,000 cases per day
  • Barrel storage: 10,000+ barrels
  • Press capacity: 600 tons per day
  • Certified scale: 70 foot truck scale and 5000 lbs. "bin" scale
  • A P Facilities: Approximately 40 individual wineries[9]

[edit] Media References

The Hitching Post restaurant and winery features prominently in the movie Sideways. The Hitching Post Wine is produced by Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley at the Central Coast Wine Services.[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Wine Column: Bob Miller Remembered", Santa Maria Times. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  2. ^ "Facility", Central Coast Wine Services. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  3. ^ "How to Work With Custom Crush Facilities as Partners", Wine Business Monthly. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  4. ^ Official Site, Napa Wine Company. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  5. ^ Official Site, Sonoma Wine Company. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  6. ^ Official Site, Courtside Cellars. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  7. ^ "A closer look at PRWS: 75 Central Coast brands under one roof", Wines & Vines. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  8. ^ Official Site, Vinquiry. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  9. ^ "Facility", Central Coast Wine Services. Retrieved on 2007-05-10.
  10. ^ "Sideways", Hitching Post Website. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.

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